"The ground for taking ignorance to be restrictive of freedom is that it causes people to make choices which they would not have made if they had seen what the realization of their choices involved."

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Source : "The Meaning of Life and Other Essays" by A.J. Ayer, ("The Concept of Freedom"), 1990.

A.J. Ayer

#Ignorance Quotes #People Quotes #Choices Quotes

“I wondered which was harder, in the end. The act of telling, or who you told it to. Or maybe if, when you finally got it out, the story was really all that mattered.”
“If I am a thief, it's because of private property.”
“Good cinema is what we can believe and bad cinema is what we can't believe. What you see and believe in is very much what I'm interested in.”

Source : Interview with Geoff Andrew, www.theguardian.com. April 28, 2005.
“If you fall, the truth will set you free. And when your heart can see just one thing in this life, we'll set out on the journey.”
“I think a lot of snowflakes are alike...and I think a lot of people are alike too.”

Source : Bret Easton Ellis (2014). “American Psycho: Picador Classic”, p.302, Pan Macmillan
“Those who sit at the feast will continue to enjoy themselves even though the veil that separates them from the world of toiling reality below has been lifted by mass revolts and critics.”

Source : Mary Ritter Beard, Ann J. Lane (1977). “Making Women's History: The Essential Mary Ritter Beard”, p.143, Feminist Press at CUNY
“The truth will make you odd.”
“If you are at all successful in your business, be prepared to never have another good day or bad day at work. There will be so many things - good and bad - happening on any given day that you will be on a roller coaster of highs and lows. If that excites you, then go for it.”

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